Foreign nationals camped outside the Department of Home Affairs offices in Durban on June 7 use their mobile phone to watch President Cyril Ramaphosa's address to the nation on the country's immigration crisis. While every sovereign state retains the right to regulate immigration, The elevation of deportation into a central political spectacle risks obscuring the broader dynamics that drive migration, says the writer.
Dr. Reneva Fourie
South Africa has been battling with ethical leadership for some time. While President Ramaphosa’s recent address on foreigners within our borders was balanced, the practical manifestations of this directive, as led by DA minister Leon Amos Schreiber, demonstrate that we have now truly reached rock bottom.
We recently commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976, when young South Africans confronted a system that denied their humanity and demanded recognition of their dignity.
We are also approaching the seventy-first anniversary of the Freedom Charter, whose vision was of a country founded on equality, justice and shared citizenship. These historical milestones are reminders of the moral foundations upon which democratic South Africa was built.
